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15 days agoIt is not the severity of the crimes but the risk of executing innocents. A person could be a convicted pedophile but new evidence might reveal that they were innocent.
It is not the severity of the crimes but the risk of executing innocents. A person could be a convicted pedophile but new evidence might reveal that they were innocent.
Ofcourse! A convicted pedophile is a convicted pedophile until proven innocent.
With a life sentence you can at least get some of your life back if proven innocent. With the death penalty not so much.